Bree, County Wexford

Bree (Irish: Brí)^[2] is a village located in the centre of County Wexford, in Ireland. As of the 2022 census, Bree had a population of 316 people.^[1]

Bree Brí
Village
Bree Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°26′06″N 6°36′18″W
Country	Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	Wexford
Population  (2022)[1]	316
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Area code	053

History

There is a well-preserved portal tomb (sometimes called a dolmen) located nearby at Ballybrittas, on Bree Hill, which dates from the Neolithic period.^[3]

Sir James Keating, Prior of the Order of Knights Hospitaller and a leading member of the Irish government, was born here in the early years of the 15th century.^[4]

Amenities

The village contains a primary school, a community centre, a GAA pitch, a soccer club Bree United and a Roman Catholic church (the Church of the Assumption) and an adjoining cemetery.^[5]

An Anglican church is also located nearby.^[6] This is Clonmore Church of Ireland church, and it was erected in 1827.^[7] It also has an adjoining cemetery.

People

• Paul Kehoe, politician and TD^[8]

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland